him both personally as well as in his literary work, to the day he died on September 24, 2007, just 14 years after his own son's death. Odon's father's capture and shooting during the Spanish Civil War, and then decades later, the death of his son, were both very heavy marks in the life of the author and of his literature. Some critics say, it was reflected in his writing due to his life's sorrows and weariness. During the 1970s, he published poetry, most of them collected in three anthologies: "Santidad y guerrería" (Holiness and Guerrieri), "Hombre de luz" (Man of Light) and "La mano universal" (The universal hand). "Poemas del hombre y las desolaciones" (Likewise, we should point Poems of man and desolation), "De ese Dios de las totalidades" (From the God of wholes), "Antología poética" (Poetic Anthology), " La desolación" ("The desolation), " Sonetos de la muerte" (Sonnets of Death) and a two-volume novel about the Spanish Civil War : "Diosdado de lo alto" (Diosdado from above). He also worked as well extensive teaching, journalism and essays. He published them in magazines and newspapers around half the world. His work has been chosen for doctoral theses in many parts of the world. Awards He received many awards throughout his life, among those: The Commendation of Isabel the Catholic Freedom Prize of the City of New York (1986) Silver Medal of Andalusia Vasconcelos Award (Mexico-1990) Award the Knights Order and of Civil Merit in the degree of Number granted by the King of Spain. Order of Christopher Columbus from the Dominican Republic (1991). He was declared favorite son of his hometown of Rociana in 1979, where the House of Culture bearing his name, in addition to an existing intellectual foundation based in the locality. Legacy His works has been translated, at least in English, Portuguese, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Dutch, Arabic, Hebrew and Macedonian. Works He has published sixty-six books of poetry. Some of them are: Lyric Santidad y guerrería (Holiness and Guerrieri), (1969) Hombre de luz (Man of Light) (1972) La mano universal (Universal Hand) (1985) Poemas el hombre y las desolaciones (Poetry man and desolation) (1988) De ese Dios de las totalidades (In this God of wholes) (1991) Antología poética (Poetic Anthology) (1995) Sonetos de la muerte (Sonnets of Death) (2000) Narrative Diosdado de lo Alto (novela sobre la Guerra Civil Española, en dos partes, 1980 y